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Topical Issue Debate: Disease Awareness (20 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating me in raising this matter and the Minister for Health for responding. Lyme disease, known as borreliosis, is a bacterial infection transmitted by the bite of hard-bodied ticks. Not all ticks are infected but vigilance is recommended where ticks are present to reduce the risk of transmission to humans and pets. Lyme disease can...

Topical Issue Debate: Disease Awareness (20 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response. He has highlighted that prevention is better than cure. It can be an issue for people who travel abroad, particularly those who participate in mountaineering and outdoor activities. They can return, feel ill and sometimes it is difficult to identify that Lyme disease is the cause. Does the Minister agree that many in the medical...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (20 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: 125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [8608/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Service Provision (20 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: 152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 13 February 2014, if an official from his Department will contact the person (details supplied) to discuss this case as it would appear there is a bigger problem here and there may be a need for a new transmitter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8869/14]

Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: I wish to ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the coroners Bill, which was published some years ago. The last I heard, it was in the Seanad but I do not know if it has come through that House. It has been there for a number of years and I am anxious to know when the coroners Bill will come before this House.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding extra classrooms in respect of a college (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9349/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (25 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9732/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (26 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: 198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding headage payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [9842/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions: Trócaire (26 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: I welcome the Trócaire delegation. I am sorry I was not present earlier but I have had an opportunity to read the presentation. I do not wish to repeat anything that has been said. Last year, a delegation from this committee visited Jordan, Palestine and Israel and looked at the situation. One of the concerns, apart from all those in relation to the Palestinian issue - not least the...

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: I welcome the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013 which rolls back on delegation to the HSE of issues which should come within the remit of the Minister for Health and the Department of Health, disestablishes the Health Service Executive Vote and provides that HSE funding will from 1 January 2015 come from the Vote of the Department of Health and establishes a statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (27 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: 124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance review application in respect of a person (details supplied). [9999/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Rare Diseases Day: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. I have special knowledge of rare diseases, although I do not want to say any more about it. I think Mr. Watt may know. I would like to speak about the inequality of technical knowledge of the medical profession about the treatment of rare diseases. We had witnesses before the committee recently speaking about Lyme disease, and they had extreme...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Exemptions (4 Mar 2014)

Dan Neville: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the universal social charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10260/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (4 Mar 2014)

Dan Neville: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the local property tax. [10623/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (4 Mar 2014)

Dan Neville: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if this application will be re-opened. [10733/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (4 Mar 2014)

Dan Neville: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10888/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (4 Mar 2014)

Dan Neville: 208. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is any source of funding available to Passion 2014 which is the re-enactment of the Passion of Our Lord which will be taking place in Pallasgreen, County Limerick on Holy Thursday night and Good Friday (details supplied); if an official from his Department will contact one of the organisers to discuss any possible funding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Retirement Scheme Eligibility (4 Mar 2014)

Dan Neville: 328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will issue a letter giving details of the date of the last payment of farm retirement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if the letter will confirm that no further payments of farm retierment issued after the said date [10403/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Health Care Professionals (5 Mar 2014)

Dan Neville: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topic which has been discussed on an ongoing basis since 2005. Currently, there are no regulations in Ireland for the registration of psychotherapists and counsellors and no State control over the qualifications held by those practising in the area. It is dangerous for untrained and unskilled people to probe a person's unconsciousness. They...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Care Professionals (5 Mar 2014)

Dan Neville: I thank the Minister of State for her response. It is welcome that Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, is setting down the standards which were promised in 2012 by the Minister for Health during the debate on the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill. I was told previously that regulation of these two professions would happen when all of the other professions referred...